Clare
County Library - Top Supplier of Interlibrary Loans

Clare
Champion, Friday, 1st December 2006

According
to the BorrowBooks.ie, if you
are looking for a book, you are most likely to find it stocked at Clare
County Library. Launched in February, the online library loans service,
has said that the Clare Library is the top supplier of interlibrary loans
in the country, supplying a total of 521 books to libraries all over Ireland.

With
the BorrowBooks.ie service, library
members can search for an item, not available in Clare County Library's
stock, across all of the online catalogues of the public library authorities
simultaneously. Once the item is located, the user can request delivery
of the item, via their local library service, to their local branch.

Commenting
on the latest figures from BorrowBooks.ie, Clare County Librarian, Noel
Crowley stated "Clare County Library is delighted to have consistently
been the top supplier of books on interlibrary loan in the country. This
strong performance reflects Clare County Library's extensive catalogue
of books, which is updated on a regular basis". He added, "BorrowBooks
uniquely allows a user in Lisdoonvarna to discover the item they are looking
for in Wicklow's collection and have it delivered to their local library
in Clare. For example, Clare County Library has borrowed 364 books on
behalf of its borrowers from other county library services. Non-fiction
books represent the bulk of material requested".